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FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1908. 



' Exclusive of 367 proprietors not fishing. 



Equipment and other capital. The following tables 

 give the value of equipment and capital in 1908 as dis- 

 tributed among vessels, boats, apparatus of capture, 

 shore and accessory property, and cash, for the state 

 as a whole and for the Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake 

 Bay districts separately : 



* Includes provisions furnished to the value of $159,000. 



The statistics concerning the number and tonnage 

 of vessels and the number of boats are shown in the 

 first tabular statement following. 



Of the total capital invested, $1,644,000, or 78 per 

 cent, represented the value of vessels and boats, includ- 

 ing outfit. Of the remainder, the investment in ap- 

 paratus of capture was the largest item, having a 

 value of $369,000, and this was followed by shore and 

 accessory property, with a value of $80,000. The dis- 

 tribution of the apparatus of capture by districts and 

 by class of fisheries is shown in the second tabular state- 

 ment following. 



Products, by species. The products are given, by 

 species and by apparatus of capture, in Table 1 on 

 page 149. Oysters ranked first both in quantity and 

 in value. On the basis of quantity the species next 

 in order were alewives, or river herring, with a product 

 of nearly 29,000,000 pounds; crabs, with over 

 20,000,000 pounds; menhaden, with over 12,000,000 

 pounds; and shad, with nearly 4,000,000 pounds. On 

 the basis of value the leading species after oysters 

 were crabs, shad, and alewives, in the order named. 



